Martin Waibel
Professional Experience and Skills
Business Leadership
CFO and President of mid-sized companies (revenue € 30 – 300 million)
Business Success
- significant improvement of earnings and cash flow
- fast and sustainable turn-around of two companies
- profitable growth
- strategy development and successful implementation
- substantial improvement of transparency as well as planning and control
Business Experience
- senior positions in controlling, finance and accounting, IT, human resources and legal affairs for several years
- leadership positions in sales & marketing, purchasing and investor relations
Industries
Drive Technology, Automotive, Building Supply Industry, Semiconductor Equipment, IT-/Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Medical Systems, Furniture
Projects
- turn-around of companies
- restructuring / reorganization
- set-up of a profit center organization (revenue € 270 million)
- transfer of a manufacturing location (cost of goods € 25 million)
- sales restructuring (revenue € 30 million)
- planning and execution of acquisitions (deal volume € 10 – 50 million)
- spin-off, merger, sale and liquidation of companies
- strategy development and implementation projects
- introductions of risk management systems conforming to German KonTraG (Law on Transparency and Control in the Corporate Sector)
- loan requests and other negotiations representing several companies
- controlling and treasury projects
- SAP R/3 implementations in several companies
International
- leadership experience in US based, multi-national, globally operating groups for more than 10 years
- English fluent, French good
- very good knowledge of international accounting (IAS/IFRS, US GAAP)